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Practice of Real Estate

Steering

Directing prospective buyers or tenants toward or away from areas on the basis of a protected class, prohibited under the federal Fair Housing Act.

How the exam uses steering

Distinguished from blockbusting, which induces panic selling, and redlining, which is a refusal of credit by geography.

What a question on this looks like

A landlord tells an agent not to show a unit to families with children. The agent should:

Answer: Refuse, because familial status is a protected class Familial status is protected under the federal Fair Housing Act. A client instruction to discriminate is not a lawful instruction, so the duty of obedience does not reach it.

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